Psych Health And Safety Podcast

The UK Psych Health & Safety Podcast

Your regular hosts are Sheila Lord and Dr. Jacqui Wilmshurst, who for more than a decade, has pioneered the design and implementation of Psychological Health & Safety strategy, policy and interventions in organisations of all sizes and across diverse industries. As hosts of the Psych Health and Safety Podcast, they deliver insights from the health psychology podcast in a jargon-free way that is easy to understand and implement, making this the workplace wellbeing podcast you need.

E34: Crossover Episode - A Thriving Work Environment in 2022 with Peter Sanders

E34: Crossover Episode - A Thriving Work Environment in 2022 with Peter Sanders

Peter Sanders, Co-Founder and Group MD of identifi Global, speaks to Sheila Lord, Director at BMR Health and Wellbeing about what makes a happy, thriving work environment in 2022?

They discuss important topics around workplace happiness, mental health while working remotely, how to empower employees, and what makes a great manager.

As we’ve completely changed the way we work over the past two years, taking a long hard look at what makes a positive working environment is crucial.

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E33: Psychological Distress In the Aviation Industry and the Support Provided - with Dr Joan Cahill and Paul Cullen

E33: Psychological Distress In the Aviation Industry and the Support Provided - with Dr Joan Cahill and Paul Cullen

In this episode Sheila Lord speaks to Dr Joan Cahill, Principal Investigator & Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin and Paul Cullen, Human Factors Researcher, Aviation Wellbeing Consultant and A320 Captain about the outcomes and changes from the Lived Experience Wellbeing Project. This was published in August 2020 and surveyed over 2,000 safety-critical aviation workers, examining levels of psychological distress and the supports being provided to and availed of by these workers.

One year on, we want to see how things have changed. Is it better? Is it worse?

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EP32:  Improving workplace mental health in the TV and Film Industry with Lucy Tallon

EP32: Improving workplace mental health in the TV and Film Industry with Lucy Tallon

In this week's episode, Peter Kelly 💙 and Sheila Lord caught up with Lucy Tallon from the @FilmTVCharity.

Lucy Tallon has dedicated her work to improving the mental health & well-being of workers in the Film & TV industry. Recently the Looking Glass ‘21 Report found that only 10% of respondents agreed that the industry is a mentally healthy place to work.

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E31 Crossover Episode - Psychological Health and Safety with Peter Griffiths

E31 Crossover Episode - Psychological Health and Safety with Peter Griffiths

In this episode Peter Griffiths, CEO and Co-Founder of the Mind Take Away and host of the Mind Take Away Podcast, is speaking to Sheila Lord, Director of BMR - Health and Wellbeing, about the importance of listening to your employees and why we need to take a systemic approach when it comes to workplace mental health and wellbeing.

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E30: Improving and Transforming Organisational Cultures with David Liddle

E30: Improving and Transforming Organisational Cultures with David Liddle

In this episode, Sheila Lord and Peter Kelly are talking to David Liddle about organisational cultures. What a good organisational culture should look like and how we go about creating better ones.

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